Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-01

by the thirsty visitors. The ground:
around the booth were crowded witt
several tier deep of PEOPLE sll day, and 6
small army of attendants gave out the
cooling draught necessarily.
HOT COFFEE FREE.
Close to the opening which lead to tbs
dinner grounds there was a magnificent
booth erected by our enterprising towns
man, Joseph H. Brown, which wasssome'
what Of curiosity in itself. A tank cap
able of holding several tons of water was
filed and a steam engine pulled and
painted all day in boiling for the good
people, q quantity of the famous Sultan
coffee, 400 pounds of which were con
sumed during the day The attendants
had several thousand in cups, MADE
specially for the occasion and
the coffee was drawn in bucketfuis and
passed around within reach of all. Those
people who partook Of good dinner
found it convenient and eXhilarating to
patronize those drinking booths and par
take Of ice tea and coffee. The gentle
men who distinguished themselves by
such liberality and benevolent thought
! fulness deserve the highest praise and
permanent gratitude Of our people.
THE SPEAKING.
Jostling through the crowd and sGcuT-
ing positions on the grand stand the
speakers went forward and Colonel r.
NJ. Wynne opened the proceedings by
reading the programme Of the evening,
after which our honorable state Senator,
Major J. J. Jarvis, came forward and in
9 lifting speech introduced TO the
audience our eX-United States Senator,
GENERAL S. b. MAXEY
of Lamar county. General Maxey entered
at once into the condition of the cam
pRign. He reviewed the plat
form adopted by the True Blues
in Dallas, and commented on the
anomalous character Of that document.
He seemed particularly severe on the
ants who had threatened to read the
Prohibitionists out of the Democratic
party, and asked who would sign the
certificate. Would it be Wade, Newcomb,
DEGREES or Cochran? The question of
prohibition was not partisan question.
The highest authority known in the Dem
ocratic party had so asserted, and then
no power in the state capable of changing
it until the authorized representatives Ct
the Democracy met in regular session
and so declared 1t. Neither is the ques-
ton Republican question; it is simply
matter of police regulation non political
in its nature, and one upon which all good
Democrats and good Republicans can
agree Just as they do on the school ques
ton, Just as they do on the various other
questions of domestic character. In the
great affairs of the nation the Democrats
and Republicans hold different views and
most likely always would. On these
questions Democrats who were party men
and Republicans who were party men
would divide and adhere each to his own
party, but on our local or domestic
questions we could ali agree and still be
good party men. In reply to the asser-
ton that prohibition was contrary TO the
teachings of Thomas Jefferson, General
MaXey read from JeffeTson's message 70
Congress in 1901, and again IN January,
1902, to show that he was one of the very
first men in the government to advocate
He also referred to the fact
that eight years after the founder Of De-
moCTaCy had retired from public office
he said that he had experienced
more trouble during his administration
from intempersnce among the public
servants than from any other cause, and
that if he should have his official career
to 90 through with again, he would not
only ask, "Is he honest and competent"
but is he addicted TO the use of intoxi-
eating LIQUORS? He showed, also, where
Monroe was III entire sympathy with pro-
hibition, as was practically demonstrated
by his dealings with the question. He
took Mr.. Mills text: "It is better to keep
the wolf out than to try to pull his teeth
and talons afterwards" and preached g
sermon from it. There were three classes
of people who divided on this wolf
question. First, the Prohibitionists who
wanted to keep him out; next, the
high license people who wanted to
let him in and pull his talons and lastly
the ants who wanted to let him in and
follow his own desires for fear of inter
fering with his personal liberty" He
discussed personal liberty in ell it's
phases and asserted that everyone of our
penal laws and all but two of the ten
commandments were infringements upon
liberty, but only such as was
necessary and indispensable to the good
of socie ty. License was the same prin-
Ciple as prohibition only differing in de-
gree. General Maxey's speech was most
eXL austive and handled the subject in a
manner which made the principles plain
II all. He showed the peculiar reasoning
of the ants and, from historical, legal,
political and partisan stand
point laid the question bare to
the people and appealed to them in 8
most eloquent and spirited manner to
the question not IS psrtisans,
but as people having the good of the en-
tire people at heart. His speech was
well received and was often interrupted
by voCiferous cheering. The distin-
guished gentleman's prestige, large &C
quaintsnce and the faith people have in
his spotless integrity, gave weight and
force to his words. His speech will long
be remembered, and Prohibltionists
SHOULD publish and circulate il.
LETTERS READ.
Al me conclusion of General Maxey's
speech Mr.. l. Stephens was introduced
who proceeded to read letter from Hon.
John IL. Reagan. When the sound of the
Old Tribune's name first reached the peo-
pie wild cheer went up which almost
rent the skies. John H. Reagan has s
home in the heart Of the people of Texas
surely. The following is copy of the
letter:
PALESTINE, TEX June %, lss7.
To Meosrs j, j, Jarvis 4 a, johnson, Il. NJ |
Nynne ana others, committee, Fort Worth, |
Tex.
GEN LEMEN-I am in receipt Of your circu-
lar letter of June &c, inviting me TO be present
at the mass meeting of all persons favorng |
prohibition, TO he held az Fort Worth, June 80 |
apprecist e very highly the honor you do me |
by this invitation and feel great s0licitude for
the success of the temperance cause, and the |
adoption OF the prohibition amendment, and |
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